Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found byMarnix (John) Visser on an old plantation in Suriname in South America which has Scottish origins. Below  – Dougall – James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire Alternative brickworks include: Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Hyslop – Airdrie House Brickworks, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Kipps, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Carfin – Carfin Brickworks, Carfin, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire or…

Found at the old Coltness Ironworks site at Coatbridge. Unknown manufacturer. Find location would suggest Scottish origins …No non Scottish bricks were found on site so I believe these bricks will be manufactured in Scotland and most likely at the Jenny Lind Composition Brickworks for reasons below. These were found among building demolition and in…

Hugh Symington, Brick and Tile Maker, Sweethills and Kipps, Coatbridge. Kipps Quarry & Brickworks, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Bothwell Park or Faskine Brickworks, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Canmore 1878 – Hugh Symington, Brick and Tile Maker, Sweethills and Kipps, Coatbridge. Below – 1878 – Advert – Hugh Symington – Brickmaker – Sweethills and Kipps, Coatbridge. Below…

Canmore 1854 – OS Map – No reference to the Grange Fire Brick Co works. 19/11/1859 – Edinburgh Evening Courant  – The Royal Society of Arts. Annual General Meeting. The report of the Prime Committee was read for 1858 – 1859 and the following prizes awarded.  – To Mr Henry Cadell, M.E Grange, Bo’ness for…

Found by Ian Suddaby at High Street, Kirkintilloch. Banton Brickworks, Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire. . . . .  

Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. Hugh Symington & Sons, Kipps Quarries and Brick Works, Coatbridge. . . . .

Hugh Symington, Brick and Tile Maker, Sweethills and Kipps, Coatbridge. Kipps Quarry & Brickworks, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Bothwell Park or Faskine Brickworks, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Canmore 1878 – Hugh Symington, Brick and Tile Maker, Sweethills and Kipps, Coatbridge. Below – 1878  – Advert – Hugh Symington – Brickmaker – Sweethills and Kipps, Coatbridge

Airdrie House Brickworks, Airdrie, Lanarkshire AKA Mosside Brickworks or was this a separate site? Airdrie House (now Monklands General Hospital) Most of The Moss and the area around Whinhall belonged to the Airdrie House Estate until the beginning of this century. The estate was owned and occupied by the Hamilton family for nearly 300 years…

To the east of the Colzium Lennox estate are Banton Loch and the village of Banton, with its historic Swan Inn. The area formed the site of the 17th Century Battle of Kilsyth and was latterly known for its Victorian brickworks, samples of which are in the museum. 22/03/1890 – Falkirk Herald – Experienced burner…

Cobbinshaw South Oil Works and the brickworks appear to have shared the same location. The original brickworks were built c. 1870 and the oil works c.1873 The South Cobbinshaw Fireclay and Brick Company – This company was formed to restart the brickworks. Registration Date: 16th May 1884 Registered Office: Townhall Street, Inverkeithing. Directors: Thomas Scott, 12…